I did a couple of pricing examples. The Waldorf-Astoria Cavalieri in Rome for late November dropped from Euro 240 to Euro 194 per night, or Euro 227 with breakfast included. (Hilton HHonors status does not get you free breakfast at a Waldorf-Astoria.)

In London, the Hilton at Tower Bridge came in at £153 bed and breakfast per night for the same weekend. Standard Advanced Purchase rates had been pulled so there was no direct comparison available, but you would be paying £189 for a room-only deal on the Best Flexible Rate.

If you have any European or UK weekend breaks lined up before the end of January, it is worth a look at the Hilton site to see if any good deals are available for your destination.

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Interesting. Having read the vast array of poor reviews on Tripadvisor, I gave the hotel the opportunity to comment on my own specific needs. They certainly did not fill me with confidence, thus I avoided them accordingly.

“Waldorf Astoria Cavalieri… Given my best guess of the price of breakfast here, the breakfast-inclusive rate is by far the better deal unless you have Hilton HHonors status.”
AFAIK status doesn’t get you free breakfast at Waldorf properties – I’ve always had to pay extra despite being a gold member.

This would normally have excited me, being a diamond, but needing to sometimes frivolously book stays to keep diamond. However, since staying in an Accor hotel, and getting top tier through platinum Amex, I’m letting my Diamond lapse.

What I meant to say was that I believe the Hilton’s have lost their way. They’ve become the tesco’s of the hotel world, everywhere, losing their focus. I had such a great stay at The Sofitel Grand Ducal, it made me realise what a hotel stay should be. And it wasn’t badly priced.

I think they have turned a corner in recent years. Some decent new Hilton branded openings (eg St George’s Park which I reviewed), upmarket Conrad and W-A hotels rolling out and Hampton (which is far better than Holiday Inn Express) starting to gain traction. They will always be dragged down by the reputation of a lot of the old UK branded Hilton properties. Hilton Gold free breakfast and free internet offer is also worthwhile.

Quite a few prices listed are total tosh. For example Doubletree Edinburgh at £55 doesn’t exist cheapest is in the £70s. Will send some to the ASA. Hilton Liverpool can be had for £62 but is £175 in the “sale”.

I think the Hilton site is messed up at the moment – not sure if it’s specifically to do with this offer though – I usually try the Public Sector rate and on doing so there are rate ‘headlines’ coming up against hotels, but once you click through to view the actual hotel the lowest price does not exist (it jumps up)

On this basis, and the fact that under 18s (and certainly under 12s) generally stay free, I simply book the room for me and the two kids and then the wife turns up on the day under this offer.

Of course you need to make sure the room will fit the four of you (my boys are both under 4), but you can often get perfectly manageable 2 x queen bed rooms appearing on a 1 adult + 2 kids search, which won’t appear on a 2 adults and 2 kids search. Plus with my Gold status we generally get upgraded anyway, so it works very well.

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